Editing Polyphemus (section)

====First-century AD art====
That the story sometimes had a more successful outcome for Polyphemus is also attested in the arts. In one of the murals rescued from the site of [[Pompeii]], Polyphemus is pictured seated on a rock with a [[cithara]] (rather than a syrinx) by his side, holding out a hand to receive a love letter from Galatea, which is carried by a winged [[Cupid]] riding on a dolphin.

In another fresco, also dating from the 1st century AD, the two stand locked in a naked embrace (see [[#Artistic depictions of Polyphemus|below]]). From their union came the ancestors of various wild and war-like races. According to some accounts, the [[Celts]] (Galati in Latin, Γάλλοi in Greek) were descended from their son Galatos,{{sfn|Rankin|2012|p=22}} while [[Appian]] credited them with three children, [[Celtus]], [[Illyrius]] and [[Galas]], from whom descend the [[Celts]], the [[Illyrians]] and the [[Gauls]] respectively.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Appian |translator1-first=Horace |translator1-last=White |title=The Illyrian Wars 1 |url=https://www.livius.org/sources/content/appian/appian-the-illyrian-wars/appian-the-illyrian-wars-1 |website=Livius |access-date=11 March 2020 |date=4 May 2019}}</ref>